BLG knock out T1 at Worlds 2026, face Gen.G on November 14
Bilibili Gaming beat T1 3-1 to end their bid for a fourth Worlds title in a row, and face Gen.G in the Worlds 2026 final on November 14 at 7pm UK time.
09th Nov 2026 07:45
Image via Riot Games
BLG knock out T1 at Worlds 2026, face Gen.G on November 14
Bilibili Gaming beat T1 3-1 to end their bid for a fourth Worlds title in a row, and face Gen.G in the Worlds 2026 final on November 14 at 7pm UK time.
09th Nov 2026 07:45
Image via Riot Games
T1's hunt for a fourth world title in a row is over, as Bilibili Gaming beat them 3-1 in the second League of Legends Worlds 2026 semifinal in Allen, Texas last night, setting up an LCK vs LPL final against Gen.G on Saturday, November 14 at 7pm UK time.
The result, reported by Sports Kyunghyang and Hotspawn, ends T1's run of four Worlds finals in a row, and both outlets point out that it's the first time T1 have ever lost a best-of-five knockout series to an LPL team at Worlds, which is quite the streak to see snapped in a single evening.
How BLG got their revenge
BLG took game one after letting Oner have his Nocturne and leaning on an Orianna and Naafiri combo instead, with Sports Kyunghyang reporting that they won the early skirmish around the Rift Herald, picked Oner off at around 20 minutes and took Baron from there.
T1 hit back in game two, as Oner's Lee Sin stole a Baron that BLG had started at around 21 minutes and Faker's Syndra did the rest in the teamfights, but game three swung on an early catch on Doran's Ambessa and a costly mid-lane death for Faker, which BLG turned into Baron and a 2-1 lead.
Game four was the wild one, as T1 went for a top-lane Vayne and lost three players in an early Voidgrubs fight, and while Faker's Akali wiped all five BLG players at around 28 minutes to drag a 6,000 gold deficit back to roughly 1,000, BLG regrouped, won a fight in the mid lane, took the Mountain Dragon Soul and Baron, and closed out the series. It was a proper Faker moment, but BLG clearly hadn't read the script.
It's sweet revenge for BLG, who lost the 2024 Worlds final to T1, and Hotspawn notes that their route to this year's final has gone through Hanwha Life Esports in the Swiss Stage, Dplus KIA in the quarterfinals and now T1, so beating Gen.G would mean taking down one more LCK giant to finish the set.
Gen.G vs BLG: when is the Worlds 2026 final?
The final is at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday, November 14, and the official LoL Esports schedule has it starting at 2pm ET, which is 7pm UK time (it'll already be Sunday morning in Korea, which is why some outlets list it as the 15th). It's a best-of-five, and you can watch on the LoL Esports Twitch and YouTube channels or at lolesports.com.
Gen.G have only dropped one game all tournament, according to Hotspawn, sweeping LYON and Invictus Gaming in the knockouts, and you can catch up on how they got there in our Gen.G semifinal report. Either way there'll be a new name on the Summoner's Cup, with Gen.G's Chovy and BLG's Knight both chasing their first world title, while BLG's Viper could add a second to the one he won with EDward Gaming in 2021.
Well, after three years of T1 lifting the trophy, Saturday night is going to feel very different, and we reckon it'll be a cracker.
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